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The Power of a Word Unspoken
This started off as a short story that was just too gritty for Christian Magazines that I was pitching it too. There is quite a bit of autobiographical content in it. The story is about woman whose life has been negatively impacted by unfaithful men and becomes damaged all the more because of a silent one. BUT as I string the scenes together and see the implications, I see how many connections and relatationships are involved the conflict points to bigger issues--legalized sex trafficking and an entire nation that simply refuses to acknowledge for fear of their own part in it being exposed.
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that sometimes we write things that are considered too gritty for a Christian magazine. I have a play I wrote that could be considered a Christian play, but there's a lot of swearing in it and some taking of the Lord's name in vain, and a defense of secular music that would probably keep it out of a lot of churches. The over-riding religious theme would probably keep it from some theatres. It's funny how there's loads of grey in the world, but some places won't publish or perform because it's too "whatever", you know?
I think that this is a wonderful idea for a play. I think that just because it might be overtly Christian that it doesn't mean that people can't find some moral truths in it that speak to more than just Christians.
I guess the ole but means that I wasn't expecting the story to have connections to the large issues that it is...it's like a reverse ripple effect. You ask questions of the characters that are coming out of your hands that need answering...how did this person become chained to this life? I love movies like 'Magnolia' or those Robert(?) Altman films where you have a whole bunch of characters whose storylines touch others in seemingly small but ultimately profound way. I guess it's all from the implication of the '6 Degrees of Separation theory.
Wow. Yeah. That's big. It's great that you see the connection to larger issues. Chances are if you see it in your work, your audience will too. I'm curious though. You wrote: "BUT as I string the scenes together and see the implications, I see how many connections and relatationships..."
What does that big ole BUT mean?
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